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The Essentials of Geometry - Page 73
by Webster Wells - 1899 - 395 pages
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A System of Land Surveying and Levelling: Wherein is Demonstrated ..., Volume 1

Peter Fleming - Surveying - 1815 - 250 pages
...the circumference, as Л B. 23. An arc of a circle is any portion of the circumference, as D ЕB. 24. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc, as DB, 25. A segment is that part of a circle which is bounded by an arc and its chord, such as DEB, and...
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The new practical gager

Matthew Iley - 1820 - 512 pages
...the diameter ; as BC. 15. Any part of the circumference of a circle is called an arc ; as ABE. 16. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc ; as CD. 17. A sector is the figure inclosed by two radii and the part of the circumference between them...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 10

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...both ways by the circumference. 32. An ARC of a circle is any part of its circumference. Fig. 21. 33. A CHORD is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. Fig. 21. 34. A SEGMENT is any part of a circle bounded by an arc and its chord. Fig. 21. 35. A SEMICIRCLE...
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A Treatise on Astronomy: Illustrated with Maps and Plates

Mrs. L. H. Tyler - Astronomy - 1837 - 302 pages
...part of the circumference less than a semi-circle, lying from one point to another, as AB, or A R. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc, as AR ; and the part of a circle cut off by a chord, as k, is called a segment. The diameter of a circle...
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The American Arithmetic

James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...AN ARC of a circle is any part of the circumference. The part of the circumference AB is an arc. 40. A CHORD is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. The line AB is a chord. 41. A SEGMENT is any part of a circle bounded by an arc and its chord. The...
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Putnam's Arithmetic

Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 276 pages
...not cut it ; as, G H. 38. An ARC of a circle is any part of the circumference ; as, AB or C E. 39. A CHORD is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc ; as, A B. 40. A SEGMENT is any part of a circle bounded by an arc and its chord ; as the surface included...
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Appletons' Cyclopędia of Drawing: Designed as a Text-book for the Mechanic ...

William Ezra Worthen - Architectural drawing - 1857 - 650 pages
...the space is called a quadrant as to one-fourth of a circle. Half a circle is called a semicircle. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc, as a b. The space cut off by the chord is termed a segment. A tangent to a circle or other curve is a...
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APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF DRAWING

W.E. WORTHEN - 1857 - 600 pages
...the space is called a quadrant as to one-fourth of a circle. Half a circle is called a semievrcle. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc, as a &. The space cut off by the chord is termed a segment. A tangent to a circle or other curve is a...
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Practical Arithmetic, by Induction and Analysis

Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...point of contact Thus, TP is a tangent 21. An ARC of a circle is any part of the circumference, as A F. A CHORD is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. 22. MENSURATION is the art of finding the surface, and also the solid contents of bodies. 23. The AUEA...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry

Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1863 - 464 pages
...diameters are also equal, and each is double the radius. 4. An ARC is any part of a circumference. 5. A CHORD is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. Any chord belongs to two arcs : the smaller one is meant, unless the contrary is expressed. 6. A SEGMENT...
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